Author(s)

Hossein Taherzadeh, Yasuko Shimoi, Kenji Ogino^*

Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.

Hybrids consisting of a microporous film and polymeric microspheres were fabricated via a simple method without a special apparatus. Highly ordered microporous polymer films with honeycomb structure were fabricated by a dissipative process utilizing amphiphilic poly(acrylic acid)- block-polystyrene, which was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization followed by an acid-catalyzed ester cleavage reaction. In order to embed the microsphere efficiently, the dried microporous films should be soaked in methanol to alter the surface functionality and to improve the wettability of the film surface. The introduction of amino functionality to polystyrene microspheres by seeded polymerization of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate drastically improved the embedding efficiency. The effect of open pore size was also investigated.

Amphiphilic Block Copolymer, Microporous Film, Hybrid, Microsphere, Surface Functionality

Taherzadeh, H. , Shimoi, Y. and Ogino, K. (2015) Fabrication of Microporous Film and Microspheres Hybrids. Open Journal of Organic Polymer Materials, 5, 51-57. doi: 10.4236/ojopm.2015.52006.